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The Sovereign Council of New France: a study in Canadian constitutional history

The Sovereign Council of New France: a study in Canadian constitutional history

Du Bois Cahall, Raymond

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Canadian HistoryGeneral LawGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9353709075
ISBN13: 9789353709075
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 282
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before Canada had constitutions on paper, it had power in practice: orders issued, disputes judged, offices held, and liberties negotiated in Quebec. Power, law, and colonial survival. Raymond Du Bois Cahall traces the Sovereign Council governance that shaped New France 1663-1760, showing how a governing body could be at once executive, legislative, and a colonial court system. Written as a scholarly history monograph with the drive of a clear constitutional history study, this is an essential guide to the mechanics of french colonial administration and the everyday realities behind authority. Cahall sets the Council within the wider quebec colonial government and the traditions of ancien regime law, revealing how early Canadian institutions evolved under pressure from empire, commerce, conflict, and settlement. The result is a legal history reference that illuminates procedure as well as principle: how decisions were made, how jurisdiction worked, and why the Council mattered to the later development of Canadian public law. For canadian history students, it reads as a grounded, usable account; for general readers, it offers a vivid sense of how governance actually functioned in a frontier society; and for collectors of classic scholarship, it is a foundational work in Canadian constitutional history. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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